| Subject: Re: Gravity Bike Rules...and an offer! |
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MadMac
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Date Posted: 01:22:57 02/14/03 Fri
In reply to:
Derek
's message, "Re: Gravity Bike Rules...and an offer!" on 12:58:37 02/13/03 Thu
>Hi (Mad) Mac,
>I can see where you are coming from regarding brakes,
>but the over-riding need at the moment is to increase
>interest, and encourage entrants to build gravity
>bikes. So, the "stock" class needs to be simple, and
>easy to make, and cheap also.
>If you want to increase your use of high technology,
>by using suspension, disc brakes, special frames,
>fairings, etc, then go to the next, top, class, which
>incidentally, I would prefer to be called the OPEN
>Class!! And, I don't like either the restriction from
>the IGSA of only 3/4 fairings...a full streamliner
>would look fantastic.
>
>Incidentally, if you (Mac) or anyone else out there
>wants a 50" frame making, then in the interests in
>promoting this class, I am quite prepared to do this,
>almost for free (you pay for the welding gases). But
>you will need to supply, one complete bmx frame, with
>your choice of forks already fitted, and another bmx
>frame without forks. Also, you will need to paint the
>finished article.
>Sorry, but I can't offer this service for rear
>suspension frames, as it gets much more complicated!
>
>Finally, it isn't that difficult to make
>fairings....buying a sheet of 8 x 4 foot fibreglass
>locally costs about £35, and this can be easily
>stitched and glued to make an effective fairing. If
>there is an interest in copying mine, a local
>fibreglass manufacturer has said he needs about ten to
>be made, for it to be economical for him, at about £75
>each...Yes, I know its a lot of money,but with all the
>extras I must have spent about £50 on making mine, so
>its not too bad!
>
>Mac, see you soon?
>Cheers
>Derek
Derek could you post your message regarding frame design and Fairings on Gravitybike.com I am sure people would love to hear about how you made your fairing. I am not sure how much £75 is in american $ but with fairings over here costing a minimum of $350.00 I know you would have lots of interest from American Bikers.
Mad Mac
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